First timer w/ LG incubator

The temp witout a fan should be about 101 and with a fan should be 99.5-100.
Humidity 40-45% for the first 18 days and 60+ for the last few days.
You add water to the wells in the bottom of the bator and at hatching you can add a wet sponge as well if you need to.
You havent hatched any eggs in 3 tries?
List everything you did from day one till the end maybe we can figure it out.
 
1. plugged in bator
2. filled reservoirs with water (luke warm)
3. warmed to 100 degrees per instructions w/ bator
4. added eggs

only onetime did something start to develop....but didnt last.

I watch the reservoirs closely.....
 
Maybe your eggs are the problem? I have not had good hatches, but they always start to develop.

Did you use a different thermometer? (Not the one that came with it) Did you calibrate your thermometer? The humidity is not the issue if nothing even starts to develop.

The temperature could be too high or too low. The eggs could be old. ( but they would have to be REALLY old for nothing to even start)

The eggs could be infertile. ( I assume you thought of this, I am just bringing up things off the top of my head.)

The first thing I would do is calibrate your thermometer. My Springfeild is a degree lower then our oral murcury type thermometer, so I just use it at 98.5 instead of 99.5deg.

I dont have a lot of experience, but nothing even starting is really weird to me. Hope someone with more knowledge will come on here soon!
 
I have no answers for you, as Sunday will be the first time for me also. I am using a LG still-air. My son bought it for me for $50.00 with a 42 egg turner, it has no dial and no manuals either. I could whack him. I know he meant well, but..... Anyway, I don't know what you mean by calbrate your themometer. I'm going to keep following this so maybe I can learn how to do all of this. I wish you all the luck in the world. I am reading and reading, but I am getting nervous about doing this.
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Hi, I am actually thinking it is my roos slacking on the job! I have a broody hen that is not having any luck either. Could the roos go on hiatus over the winter?

(Dances with chickens I'd be happy to copy the manual and send it to you if you like. )

The therm I am using I bought at Walmart, it is a digital that monitors humidity and temp...maybe I should buy another to put in there as well and average out the temp?????
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I am so ready to give up though.....its depressing!
 
Yes, yes, yes! I think your roos can go on vacation over the winter. Especially if your hours of light are few or dim, like a lot of cloud cover.

I also have the same thermometer you got, and like I said, mine is a degree hot.

You calibrate by putting the thermometer next to one you know works, like an oral thermometer, and seeing if they say the same thing. if you have probe thermometers, you can do it several ways, but that is the way to do a digital one. Then, if it is off, like mine, you just adjust for that temperature.

You have to put them in the same spot in the incubator, though.

Like mine reads a degree high, so I set it at 98.5 deg instead of 99.5.
 
i just plugged mine in last night with the eggs in it. i thought for awhile that my inc. was messed up and then i realized that the cold eggs were keeping it from heating up. this am it was sitting right on 99.
 
Bantyhugger.
Did you put the eggs in yet?
Did you remmber that the temp drops and sometimes the humidity climbs when you put eggs in a bator , No need to adjust anything it will come back to normal within 12-24 hours if not hten you can adjust.
Good luck
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I have Seramas (3 roos) and RIR, Buff Orp's hens, my roos are a Frizzle and a Polish roo. I also am wondering if I have too many roos???

5 roos (that all get along) and about 20 hens
 

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